FRIDAY, 10 JANUARY2020 18 pages in 1 section www.business-standard.com MUMBAI (CITY) ~9.00 VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 106 THE MARKETS ON THURSDAY Chg# Sensex 41,452.4 634.6 Nifty 12,215.9 190.6 ECONOMY&PUBLIC AFFAIRS P4 ECONOMY&PUBLIC AFFAIRS P5 Nifty futures* 12,269.8 53.8 Dollar ~71.2 ~71.7** Euro ~79.1 ~79.8** POLICYMAKERS SHOULD FOCUS ‘TOUGH TIMES’: SC REFUSES Brentcrude ($/bbl)## 64.6## 65.9** Gold (10 gm)### ~39,722.0 ~965.0 ON SLOWDOWN: ROUBINI URGENT CAA HEARING *(Jan.) 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The will rebound: PM The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is 2018 Sensex and Nifty likely to make a provisional attach- February: CBI launches rose 1.5 ment of assets and properties preliminary enquiry in ICICI- per cent each, Economists ask Modi to restore data credibility, provide stimulus belonging to former ICICI Bank Videocon loan matter their biggest managing director and chief execu- single-day stride tive officer Chanda Kochhar and March: ICICI Bank board backs since October 23, 2019. The Sensex rose husband, Deepak Kochhar, in con- then MD & CEO Chanda Kochhar 635 points to end at 41,452, while the Nifty nection with the Videocon loan case. April: Sebi initiates preliminary surged 191 points to close at 12,216. The The assets may include her enquiry, seeks explanation over biggest gainers were ICICI Bank, State Bank plush South Mumbai apartment, conflict of interest of India, IndusInd Bank, and Mahindra besides certain shares, investments & Mahindra. 11 > and offices of Deepak Kochhar’s May: Sebi issues show-cause companies including Nupower notice to ICICI Bank, Kochhar Renewables. |Bank's board orders an House of Commons The investment value of these independent inquiry under assets is estimated at around ~100 Justice B N Srikrishna approves Brexit Bill crore. But, their market value could British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s be much higher at around ~800 Brexit legislation cleared its final hurdle crore, said a source in the enforce- 2019 in the House of Commons, putting an end ment agency. January: Srikrishna panel to the parliamentary gridlock that cost his This will be the first big action in indicts Kochhar, finds violation in predecessor Theresa May her job. the case filed last January, accusing bank's code of conduct Members of Parliament voted 330 to 231 in Chanda Kochhar and eight others favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, for ICICI Bank’s irregularities in sanc- February: ED files criminal case which now passes to the House of Lords. tioning loans to the Videocon group. of money laundering against Johnson wants the measures passed into Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah at a pre-Budget meeting with A text message sent to Chanda Kochhar, others law before the end of the month so the economists and experts at the NITI Aayog on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Kochhar went unanswered. Chanda Kochhar, former ICICI Bank MD and CEO UK can leave the European Union on was not present because she was holding meetings with party workers at BJP headquarters PHOTO: PTI According to sources, the fed- January 31. BLOOMBERG eral agency will issue a provisional ARUP ROYCHOUDHURY&ABHISHEK WAGHMARE economists and sector experts advised him to keep attachment order of proceeds of were created out of the proceeds of to its complex transaction involv- New Delhi, 9 January aside fiscal concerns and embark on an expanded crime under the Prevention of money laundering. ing Deepak Kochhar and firms COMPANIES P3 spending programme to revive growth. The prime Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by The acquisition of the current linked to Videocon group. Will not face insolvency, rime Minister Narendra Modi said on minister was also advised to restore the credibili- the end of this week. Legally speak- family residence of Kochhar at 45, This complex transaction was Thursday that the fundamentals of the ty of official economic data. ing, this order will be valid for 180 CCI Chambers CHS Limited also highlighted by the ICICI Bank- says Reliance Infra Indian economy were strong, it had the “There were suggestions that while it is good days until a court confirms it and (Churchgate area opposite the appointed panel headed by former Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure P capacity to bounce to have fiscal discipline, this has allows it to make a final confisca- Cricket Club of India), has been Supreme Court Judge BN (RInfra) will not undergo insolvency back, and the Centre was been a challenging period, given tion on the grounds that the assets under the probe agency’s lens due Srikrishna. Turn to Page 17 > proceedings as it is looking to pay its expecting an economic revival FROM THE EXPERTS the extent of the economic slow- lenders in the next few weeks, said a in the coming quarters. |Boost spending and down, so the markets won’t pun- company executive. RInfra is likely to At a pre-Budget meeting, public investment ish any decision to go for an complete the sale of its Delhi-Agra toll organised by the NITI Aayog, expansion,” a participant told road by January-end and its proceeds with economists, business lead- |Remove policy Business Standard after the meet- Airtelmopsup RBI approves will be used for debt repayment, the ers, entrepreneurs, and sectoral uncertainty in taxation, ing. The person said the prime executive added. “RInfra has received experts, Modi said: “The strong rules and regulations minister was asked about the ways Aadhaar-based in-principle approval for harmonious absorbent capacity of the Indian |Boost exports and take the Centre was planning to earn $10billion,three substitution in the Delhi-Agra toll road economy shows the strength of advantage of US-China revenue next fiscal year. project on January 7 from the NHAI. basic fundamentals of the Indian trade war Another person who attended video KYC economy and its capacity to the meeting said the prime minis- bounce back.” |Corruption in lower- ter was apprised of the importance timesitstarget NEHA ALAWADHI & ANUP ROY He added that sectors like level bureaucracy of credible data on the fiscal bal- New Delhi/Mumbai, 9 January ON tourism, urban development, needs to be removed ance, and urged that the Budget FRIDAY infrastructure, and agri-based should be honest about the real fis- SURAJEET DAS GUPTA FUNDRAISING PLAN The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on SPECIAL industry had great potential to cal deficit. New Delhi, 9 January Thursday allowed video-based authenti- take forward the economy and for employment Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Road $3 billion cation as an alternative to the accepted e- generation, according to an official statement Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Bharti Airtel on Thursday Issue size KYC (know- PERSONAL FINANCE: Keep released after the meeting. Modi also called for and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush received offers for subscriptions your-customer) aneyeoncapitalprotection 16 > focused efforts from all stakeholders to achieve Goyal, besides NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv aggregating over $10 billion, $2 billion practices, but the target of nearly doubling the size of the Indian Kumar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh three times its target of $3 bil- Through QIP, such verification CHANGES Use these smart strategies to ensure economy to $5 trillion by 2024. Kant and other senior officials of the think-tank, lion, through a combination of and the will be Aadhaar- IN THE decent returns from equity investing, With the prime minister said to be taking direct were in the meeting. qualified institutional place- remaining via based, either writes SARBAJEET K SEN charge of the upcoming 2020-21 Union Budget, Turn to Page 17 > ment (QIP) and foreign curren- foreign currency convertible online or offline. OFFING cy convertible bonds (FCCB), bonds (FCCB) The need for | RBI revises according to banking sources. video-KYC was ~452 QIP floor price per share master direction The issue opened proposed in the on KYC Wednesday and has already | Fidelity, Blackrock, Goldman report of the TAXDEPT ALLOWS SIMPLE | Video KYC will been oversubscribed and Sachs, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Expert Com- Byju’sovertakesOlaas have to be verified FORMS FOR FILING RETURNS according to banking sources Warburg Pincus, JPMorgan, mittee on Micro, through Aadhaar the allocation of the shares will Axis Capital, ICICI Pru, SBI Small and BY JOINT PROPERTY OWNERS be made next week. Mutual, Aditya Birla Mutual Medium | No foreign app third-largestunicorn According to sources, HFDC Mutual and Temasek Enterprises, is likely to be used Fidelity, Blackrock, Goldman Holdings have offered to headed by UK as data needs to Sachs, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, subscribe to the QIP Sinha, former be stored onshore Firm valued at $8 bn after Tiger Global’s $200-mn funding Warburg Pincus, J P Morgan, chairman of the Axis Capital, ICICI Pru, SBI ~35,000 crore AGR and Securities and | Customerwill BIBHU RANJAN MISHRA Mutual, Aditya Birla Mutual spectrum usage charge dues Exchange Board have to give his Bengaluru, 9 January Byju HFDC Mutual and Temasek which Airtel has to pay by of India (Sebi) in consent Raveendran, Holdings among others have Jan-end June last year.